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grandfetus

grandfetus noun: a fetus of someone’s child.

Noun

grandfetus (plural grandfetuses)

  1. (rare) A fetus of someone’s child.
    • Has any grandmother ever said that she will soon be able to refer to her grandfetus as a grandbaby?2000 November 9, Jenny Lynn, “Babies are babies, period”, in North County Times, Escondido, Calif., page A-17, column 5
    • A distinguished retired paediatrician telephoned me, concerned about his grandfetus which had been found through antenatal scanning to be one umbilical artery short.2004 February, Timothy Lachlan Chambers, “Forfar & Arneil’s Textbook of Pediatrics: 6th edition”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, volume 97, page 96, column 1

Forms of grandfetus

pluralgrandfetuses
alternative UKgrandfoetus

Origin of grandfetus

From grand- + fetus.

Questions about grandfetus

What does grandfetus mean?
Grandfetus means a fetus of someone’s child.
What part of speech is grandfetus?
Grandfetus is a noun.
What is the plural of grandfetus?
The plural of grandfetus is grandfetuses.

Words near grandfetus in the dictionary

  1. grandfathers in
  2. grandfathers-in-law
  3. grandfathership
  4. grandfer
  5. grandfers
  6. grandfetus
  7. grandfetuses
  8. Grandfield
  9. grandfilial
  10. grandfoetus
  11. grandfoetuses

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